Apple announced its news app during developer conference WWDC,
and demonstrated how news articles in the app look better than on
normal websites.

Now, Apple is starting to contact news sources, and is asking for
permission to include content in its app. But the way that it's
doing so is raising eyebrows.

Ash posted the message from Apple on his blog. It shows that
Apple is enrolling news sources with an opt-out system, telling
sites to reply with "NO" if they do not want to be added to the
app.

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Apple also includes this term in its email: "If we receive a
legal claim about your RSS content, we will tell you so that you
can resolve the issue, including indemnifying Apple if Apple is
included in the claim." What that means is that if content found
on Apple News is the subject of a legal action, the author agrees
to compensate Apple for any loss or damage caused.

Ash explains that he's "conflicted" about signing up to Apple
News. One one hand, he doesn't have to do anything at all to get
his posts in the app. Apple will just take his public RSS feed
and add it to its app without him even sending an email. But Ash
is also concerned by the legal terms that Apple includes. He
calls it a "ridiculous stunt" and "unacceptable."

Right now, Apple is pushing to sign up as many publishers as
possible for its news app so that it has a wide range of sources.
But once the app is launched with iOS 9, it's going to start
tailoring the app to show the most relevant news.
Apple is hiring for editors who will oversee its news app,
selecting stories to feature prominently on the app's home
screen.